Folding-bed bottom



E. PETRsr-:N

' FOLDING-BED BOTTOM Filed Nov.v 4, 1'925 INVENTOR ATTORNEYv n Patented Get. 12, 1926.

i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FOLDING-BED BOTTOM.

Application Bled November 4, 1925. Serial No. 66,732.

My invention relates to improvements in extensible furniture, and is of particular service when used in connection with pieces of furniture such as couches or bedsteads which, when not actually in use as couches or beds, may be folded or condensed into a window seat or chest top where it will oc-v cupy a minimum amount of floor space. The invention also has special advantages when applied to bed or4 couch constructions which employ flexible or resilient fabric by which the mattress or pad is supported.

The principal obj ect of this invention is to provide a plural-section piece of furniture of the class described in which the sections may be folded together in superposed relation when it is desired to economize floor space.

A further object is to provide a piece of furniture which umay be opened out for sleeping purposes and collapsed or condensed into smaller compass while still serving the purpose of a pieceof furniture of another type, such as a window seat or chest top.

Al further object is to provide a folding bed having a frame made of channel iron which when in extended position is capable of embracing the top edge of two swinging or hinged doors; said doors capable of being swung into closed position under the bed when the same is folded.

A further object is to provide rings in the flexible fabric for supporting the mattress so that the same will easily fold with the frame of the folding bed or couch.

These and other objects will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a top plan viewof my complete device mounted on a window seat, extended and ready for use. A section of the mattress in this view is cut away to show the construction of the flexible fabric which supports the mattress.

Fig. 2 is a front sectional View of my device and is taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.v

Fig. 3 is a side View of my device mounted on a window seat, extended and ready for use.

Fig. 4 is a side view of my device mounted on a window seat, in folded position.

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view showing the channel frame embracing the top of a hinged door and is taken on line 5 5 of Fig. l.

The main frame or `body comprises side frames 10 and 11 constructed preferably of metal of channel iron section and are secured to the window seat 12 by the screws 13. The intermediate supplemental frame comprises side rails 14 and 15 of channel iron section and are each s'ecured to the main side frames 10 and 11 respectively by being attached by a h inge 16 to a portion of channel iron 17 which in turn is secured to the adjacent main frame by a hinge 18. The outer supplemental frame comprises side rails 19 and 20 of channel iron section and are each lsecured to the intermediate frame rails 14 and 15 respectively by hinges 21.

The numeral 22 designates the end rail and is integrally formed on the outer supplemental frame side rails 19 and 20. By the above construction the outer supplemental frame portion may be folded under the intermediate supplemental frame porton and the intermediate supplemental frame portion may be folded on top of the main frame portion; thereby bringing the outer supplemental frame portion to the top. The space below the window seat 12 is inclosed by the two vertical hinged doors 23 and 24. When the bed bottom is folded upon the window seat as shown in Fig. 4 and the doors 23 and 24 are closed this space below the window seat provides an excellent chest or storage space. When the bed bottom is extended for use these doors are swung open to such a position that the channel iron side rail 14 of the intermediate portion and the channel iron side rail 19 of the outer framel portion embrace the top edge of the door 23. and the channel iron siderails 15 and 2O of the intermediate and outer frame portions embrace the top edge of the door 24. By this arrangement the doors 23 and 24 serve two purposes, i. e., to close the space below the window seat when the bed bottom is folded upon the window seat, and as a support to hold the intermediate and outer suppleinental frame portions in the same plane as the main frame portion When the bed bottom is extended for use. The numeral 25 designates a. handle on each of the doors to facilitate the opening and shutting of the same. The resilient fabric by Which the mattress is supported comprises a series of -wires 26 running parallel of the Window seat and having each of theirI ends ,secured to a coil spring 27 which in turn is secured to the side rails of the main, intermediate and outer sections of the bed bottom. These wires are held the proper distance apart by the Wires 28 running transversely thereof. These Wires 28 do not however run the full length of the bed bottom in one piece. On a line between the hinges that secure the intermediate section to the main section, and the hinges that secure the outer section to the intermediate section they are attached together by the rings 29 so as to enable them to be folded flat `in three-ply superposed relation. Over this resilient fabric may be placed the mattress 30 and Which may be folded with the bed as is shown in Fig. et. The numeral 31 designates brackets secured to and on each side of the Window seat designed to engage the under side of the intermediate section When folded and hold the intermediate and outer supplemental sections in horizontal position when folded. The numeral 32 designates a front board attached to the end rail 22. VIt serves to give the device a finished appearance when folded. I have used the numeral 33 to designate the Wall of a house (shown in cross-section in F ig. l) having the Window easing 34 and the Window 35.

My invention, when embodying a Window seat or chest is very handy and artistic and when folded provides a padded Window seat or chest top.

Some changes may be made in construction and arrangement of my improved folding bed Without departing from the real spirit and purpose of my invention and it is my intention to cover by my claims any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents which may be reasonably included Within their scope.

I claim l. In combination With a window seat or the like having two vertical hinged doors adjacent the lfloor, a folding bed bottom coinprising a base section having side frames of channel section and secured upon said seat; an outer folding section having side frames of channel section and hinged to the first mentioned frames respectively and capable of embracing the to-p edges of said doors when the `saine are in open position, and a resilient fabric supported 'by the base and outer folding sections.

2. In combination With a Window seat or the like having tivo vertical hinged doors adjacent the floor and a folding bed bottom comprising a base section having side frames mounted upon said seat; an outer folding section having side frames of channel section and hinged to the first `mentioned frames respectively and capable of embracing the top edge of said doors when the same are in open position, and a bracket mounted on said Window seat to engage the outer end of said outer folding section when the same is folded over said base section to hold it in a horizontal plane.

ED'WARD PETERSEN 

